Couple robbed at gunpoint after rental car GPS takes them to crime hotspot
www.the-express.com
A Los Angeles couple filed a lawsuit against Google Maps for allegedly navigating them to a notorious South African crime neighborhood where tourists are left "injured, maimed or dead."

Couple suing Google Maps after it sent them to a notorious crime hotspot where they were brutally attacked and robbed at gunpoint::A Los Angeles couple filed a lawsuit against Google Maps for allegedly navigating them to a notorious South African crime neighborhood where tourists are left ‘injured, maimed or dead.’

  • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I wonder if we will hear the outcome of the lawsuit or if it will just get settled out of court.

    “the gangs knew that Google Maps sent unsuspecting tourists driving rental cars” along it, the lawsuit alleged, according to Mercury News.

    …

    The company finally agreed to stop Google Maps from directing people through the area albeit three weeks after the attack, which prompted the couple to seek unspecificed damages.

    On the one hand yes there are high crime areas and this is one.

    On the other hand, it is possible that Google routed them stupidly.

    On the other hand people shouldn’t be traveling without learning a bit about the local threats and how to stay safe.

    But crime is ultimately the responsibility of governments and they also have some responsibility to tourists.